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Autumn leaves / Les feuilles mortes d'automne Making compost / Comment faire du compost Mulching / Paillage Planting / Plantation

Mulching / Paillage

As we are having drier summers it is becoming more and more useful to mulch borders and beds.
Avec des étés plus secs, il devient de plus en plus utile de pailler les bordures et les plates-bandes.

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Compost / Compost Leafmould / Le terreau de feuilles mortes Making compost / Comment faire du compost

Making compost / Comment faire du compost de jardin

In an organic garden making compost is an essential means of maintaining soil fertility and avoiding waste. La fabrication de compost est un moyen essentiel de maintenir la fertilité du sol et d’éviter les déchets.

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Autumn / automne Handy Hints / Astuces Plant diseases / Maladies de plantes Planting / Plantation

Handy hint / Astuce – Mildew/Mildiou

Version en français en bas de la page … Old tomato, pea and courgette plants With all the recent rain, certain plants, especially tomatoes, will be rotting and mildewed if they’re still in the veg patch. Mildew is a fungal disease present in the air. It spreads easily among plants. When you dig them up, […]